Efectos de la exposición a la señal de radiofrecuencia del teléfono celular en el metabolismo de la glucosa en el

Nora D Volkow1, Dardo Tomasi, Gene-Jack Wang

  • 1National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Blvd, Room 5274, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. nvolkow@nida.nih.gov

JAMA
|February 24, 2011
PubMed
Resumen

El uso de teléfonos celulares aumenta el metabolismo de la glucosa cerebral cerca de la antena, particularmente en la corteza orbitofrontal y el polo temporal. Este efecto, observado en individuos sanos, justifica una mayor investigación de su importancia clínica.

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